Mike the Engineer
October 25, 2013
In which Mike Clifford introduces Sarah Speight to the concept of upcycling and she gains a chair. One of the academics who has made a major contribution to the Sustainability course is Mike Clifford, an Associate Professor of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. Mike never says no. He was co-author of the book Sustainability and Engineering, …
The award for ‘one-take wonder’ goes to….
October 22, 2013
… the team filming the videos for our Sustainability course? Or one of the interviewees? In the 2nd week of September, Nottingham’s video production team worked with me to produce some new films to introduce the various weeks of the Sustainability course. I was nervous about this. The schedule was tight and we were reliant …
My Sustainability Guru
October 18, 2013
I became a convert to Sustainability because I sat next to a particular person in a meeting. This was back in 2011. Keith Pitcher, Nottingham’s first Director of Sustainability, recently arrived from the University of Leeds, presented a paper to a committee of academics on the importance of thinking about sustainability in relationship to teaching. …
